Microsoft Certification Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 186 210
Rank change year-on-year -10 +24 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 106 240 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.12% 1.43% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.98% 4.15% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 86 181 183
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,375 £31,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% +6.85% -14.12%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,347 5,783 5,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.73% 34.49% 39.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,435 3,636 2,539
10th Percentile £34,988 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +1.98% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +31 52 £42,500 +11.84% 47
Hampshire +10 24 £40,000 +0.63% 36
Berkshire +27 20 £50,000 +58.73% 28
Buckinghamshire +25 18 £40,000 +2.56% 17
Oxfordshire +28 14 £27,500 -28.57% 7
Surrey +39 11 £45,000 -15.49% 16
Kent +17 7 £80,000 +142.42% 3
Middlesex - 6 - - 1
East Sussex +30 4 £85,000 +88.89% 1
West Sussex +26 1 £30,500 -10.29% 1
Sussex +20 1 £30,500 -32.22%
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (10.38%) SharePoint
2 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.94%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.94%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 11 (10.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (3.77%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (48.11%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (45.28%) Azure
3 18 (16.98%) AWS
4 17 (16.04%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (14.15%) Power Platform
6 11 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (9.43%) Entra ID
8 9 (8.49%) GCP
9 8 (7.55%) Power Automate
9 8 (7.55%) PowerApps
10 7 (6.60%) OneDrive
11 4 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.83%) SaaS
13 2 (1.89%) IaaS
13 2 (1.89%) PaaS
14 1 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 1 (0.94%) Azure Pipelines
14 1 (0.94%) GitHub
14 1 (0.94%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.15%) DNS
2 14 (13.21%) DHCP
3 11 (10.38%) Firewall
3 11 (10.38%) TCP/IP
4 9 (8.49%) VLAN
5 8 (7.55%) Wireshark
6 7 (6.60%) VoIP
6 7 (6.60%) VPN
7 4 (3.77%) Network Security
8 3 (2.83%) Broadband
8 3 (2.83%) SAN
9 2 (1.89%) IP Telephony
9 2 (1.89%) IPsec
9 2 (1.89%) NAS
9 2 (1.89%) SNMP
9 2 (1.89%) VSAN
9 2 (1.89%) Wireless
10 1 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.94%) VoLTE
10 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.49%) Power BI
3 4 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.77%) Metabase
3 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (61.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.26%) Finance
4 7 (6.60%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.77%) Law
6 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.89%) Advertising
7 2 (1.89%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.89%) Marketing
7 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.94%) Banking
8 1 (0.94%) Games
8 1 (0.94%) Legal
8 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (30.19%) Support Engineer
2 23 (21.70%) IT Support
3 20 (18.87%) IT Engineer
4 19 (17.92%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (16.04%) Senior
6 11 (10.38%) Analyst
7 10 (9.43%) Consultant
8 9 (8.49%) Support Analyst
9 8 (7.55%) Developer
9 8 (7.55%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 7 (6.60%) Senior Support Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) 1st Line Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) 1st Line Support
11 6 (5.66%) 1st Line Support Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) Applications Support
11 6 (5.66%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (5.66%) Functional Consultant
11 6 (5.66%) NOC Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (4.72%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.77%) .NET
1 4 (3.77%) XML
2 3 (2.83%) CSS
2 3 (2.83%) HTML
2 3 (2.83%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.94%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.94%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.94%) JSON
3 1 (0.94%) Node.js
3 1 (0.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.55%) Data Centre
1 8 (7.55%) Driving Licence
1 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.77%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.89%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.89%) Social Media
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.94%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) PKI
6 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 52 (49.06%) Windows
2 20 (18.87%) Linux
3 12 (11.32%) Mac OS
4 9 (8.49%) Windows Server
5 8 (7.55%) Windows 10
6 7 (6.60%) Ubuntu
7 6 (5.66%) Apple iOS
7 6 (5.66%) CentOS
8 4 (3.77%) Windows 7
9 3 (2.83%) Android
9 3 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.94%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (41.51%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.87%) Customer Service
3 16 (15.09%) ITIL
3 16 (15.09%) Migration
4 12 (11.32%) Computer Science
4 12 (11.32%) Information Security
5 11 (10.38%) Agile
5 11 (10.38%) DevOps
6 10 (9.43%) Data Migration
6 10 (9.43%) Mentoring
7 9 (8.49%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (8.49%) Decision-Making
8 8 (7.55%) Coaching
8 8 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (7.55%) Process Improvement
8 8 (7.55%) Project Management
8 8 (7.55%) Service Delivery
9 7 (6.60%) Roadmaps
9 7 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.21%) SQL
2 13 (12.26%) PowerShell
3 11 (10.38%) Python
4 7 (6.60%) X++
5 5 (4.72%) C#
6 4 (3.77%) C++
6 4 (3.77%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.94%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 26 (24.53%) Degree
1 26 (24.53%) MCSE
2 22 (20.75%) A+ Certification
2 22 (20.75%) MCP
3 20 (18.87%) Azure Certification
4 19 (17.92%) MCSA
5 14 (13.21%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (12.26%) CCNA
7 12 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (9.43%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (8.49%) CCNP
9 9 (8.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (7.55%) Security Cleared
11 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
12 4 (3.77%) Dell Certification
13 3 (2.83%) DBS Check
14 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
14 2 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (1.89%) CCDA
14 2 (1.89%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.60%) GDPR
3 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.89%) NCSC
3 2 (1.89%) NIST
3 2 (1.89%) SLA
4 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 38 (35.85%) Active Directory
2 25 (23.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (14.15%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (6.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.89%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.89%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.94%) Docker
6 1 (0.94%) XenApp
6 1 (0.94%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (10.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.77%) SCCM
3 3 (2.83%) PaperCut
4 2 (1.89%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.94%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.94%) Terraform
5 1 (0.94%) vRealize
5 1 (0.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 101 (95.28%) Microsoft
2 26 (24.53%) VMware
3 13 (12.26%) Cisco
3 13 (12.26%) Google
4 9 (8.49%) Apple
5 8 (7.55%) Citrix
6 7 (6.60%) Dell
6 7 (6.60%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.66%) Red Hat
8 4 (3.77%) SAP
9 3 (2.83%) SonicWALL
9 3 (2.83%) Veeam
10 2 (1.89%) HubSpot
10 2 (1.89%) Juniper
10 2 (1.89%) McAfee
10 2 (1.89%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.94%) Aruba
11 1 (0.94%) HP
11 1 (0.94%) NETGEAR
11 1 (0.94%) Symantec